Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Immediate action is the best strategy when facing uncertain climate change

  • Maria Abou Chakra,
  • Silke Bumann,
  • Hanna Schenk,
  • Andreas Oschlies,
  • Arne Traulsen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04968-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

Read online

Reducing the adverse effects of climate change triggered by human activity requires cooperation on a global scale. Modelling this challenge as an evolutionary game shows that the emerging contributions of selfish players depend strongly on the risk scenario at stake.